SACO — Irene Doyon Pellerin, 80, Amesbury, Massachusetts, and formerly of Saco, was called home to the Lord on the evening of July 6, 2014. She passed peacefully, surrounded by family, after a long battle with Parkinson’s and lung cancer.

She grew up in Saco, the daughter of Andre and Ovilda Corbeil Doyon.

She graduated from Notre Dame de Lourdes, and in 1953, she married Gerard Pellerin, who passed away in 2003.

Irene was an avid reader, enjoyed sewing and loved animals, especially her cats. She studied astrology and gave many family members and friends pleasure with her astrological charts.

She went on to spend her later years with her daughter, Diane, and her family in Massachusetts.

She was preceded in death by: nine siblings; and her daughter, Monica Marie Pellerin.

She is survived by: three siblings, Jeannette Cote, Helen Rousselle and Clement Doyon of Saco; her children, Diane and James Fitzgerald of Amesbury, Massachusetts, Steven and Cindy Pellerin of Gorham, Joanne Patten of Windham and Tim Pellerin of Rangeley; grandchildren, Pamela Pahel, Shannon and Morgan Fitzgerald, Matthew Pellerin, Robert Pellerin and Kristen Araujo; along with three great-grandchildren.

A special thank you to the Merrimack Valley Hospice of the North Shore for the gentle, loving care you provided. Irene loved you all. Also, a special thanks to Andy and Lucette Pellerin.

Visiting hours will be from 2-4 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Cote’s Funeral Home, 87 James St., Saco. All are welcome to join the family for the burial immediately following in the urn garden of St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Biddeford. To sign the guestbook or leave condolences, go to www.cotefuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to: Merrimack River Feline Rescue, 62 Elm St., Salisbury, MA 01942.